Lt. Governor Lynne Tours Area for Literacy Week

Colorado Lieutenant Governor Donna Lynne kicked off literacy week Monday at Pueblo Community College with a reading from Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae. Students received a copy of the book

Lynne continues her tour Tuesday with a reading at Columbian Early Childhood Center in La Junta at 10:00 a.m., and will also host a roundtable on the challenges of early childhood education in rural areas. She will then conduct another reading at 11:40 a.m. at the McDonald’s restaurant in La Junta.

Sat Oct 1

HS Volleyball Tourney @ Holly

Mon Oct 3

2 p.m. Football @ Home vs Weskan

Mon Oct 3

HS Volleyball vs Weskan (immediately after Football game)

Tues Oct 4

 JV Volleyball @ Kit Carson

4:30 p.m. HS Volleyball @ Springfield

Thurs Oct 6

3:30 p.m.  JH Volleyball @ home vs Karval

By Sharon Scott

Residents of Ordway have even more reason to get out and play. The Town of Ordway will receive a Lottery Starburst Award for utilizing Lottery funds to give a major facelift to the city’s primary park and playground.

Lottery proceeds including $10,000 from the Conservation Trust Fund (CTF) and a $288,652 grant from Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) facilitated the upgrades to the Town of Ordway / Crowley County School District Park and Playground.

The Starburst Award will be presented at the Town Council meeting on Monday, September 26 at 6 pm.

Southeast area law enforcement agencies are investigating a suspicious death occurring in the town of La Junta September 16.

La Junta police officers were called to a home in the 2300 block of Carson Ave., just before 2:00 p.m., on a report of an unresponsive male.

Responding officers found Timothy L. Kirkpatrick, 51, unresponsive inside the home. Kirkpatrick was later pronounced dead.

The circumstances surrounding Kirkpatrick’s death are currently being investigated.

By Kelly Roesch, SEA Extension Agronomist

By Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Every hunting season, officers for Colorado Parks and Wildlife hand out thousands of tickets for violations that cost hunters hundreds of thousands of dollars. While some of those tickets are for flagrant violations of wildlife regulations and hunting laws, many more are for minor violations that could have been avoided.

Hunters are reminded that not only can they be fined for violations, they can also lose their hunting privileges in Colorado and the 44 other states that cooperatively participate in a wildlife compact agreement.

By Chris Sorensen

Cool air continues to flow across Colorado, resulting in below average temperatures and a sunny, dry autumn Sunday.

Sunday and Monday will see low to mid-70s across Kiowa County during the day, and overnight lows in the mid-30s. North winds will be in the 15-20 mile-per-hour range Sunday.

Low to mid-80s return by Tuesday, continuing into the weekend. As an upper ridge shifts east and a closed low moves across Arizona and Nevada, moisture will move into the Four Corners area. Chances for precipitation return Thursday and Friday.